Prosecutors Were Unforgiving
Thankfully, New York is known to have a very high standard for the insanity plea, which meant that Ortega would be tried to the full extent. She was facing ‘two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder.’ And Assistant Manhattan District Attorney, Courtney Groves, claim that not only had Ortega planned out the entire murder, but that she had made sure it was during a time she and the two kids were alone, as well as waiting to stab herself when Mrs. Krim arrived home in order to see her reaction to her children’s deaths.
